29.063 - College Knowledge to College Action: (Re)Shaping College Information, Access, and Opportunity in San Antonio

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is comprised of educational scholars and practitioners who have developed and implemented college access programs for underrepresented students and communities. Attendees will engage with questions related to Latina/o educational pathways to higher education, while considering pathways models, college fairs, and organizational structures and theories that impact the success of historically underrepresented students. Framing the session will be data from a community-based college fair that has been held over the last two years in inner city San Antonio. Alternative models for college access and information, and strategies for putting knowledge into action will be centered.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Family, School, Community Partnerships

Chair

• Enrique Aleman, The University of Texas - San Antonio

Papers

• Colegio en la Comunidad: A Critical, Community-Based College Fair Model - Enrique Aleman, The University of Texas - San Antonio; Vanessa Ann Sansone, The University of Texas - San Antonio

• More Than Meets the Eye: Underpinnings of Power in College Admissions and Productions of Marginality - Vanessa Ann Sansone, The University of Texas - San Antonio

• "No One Ever Told Me": Understanding the College Aspiration to Attainment Gap - Elizabeth Severance, Texas Education Agency

• Building Confianza Through Shifting Paradigms: Mapping a Conceptual and Literature Base for Community-Based College Fairs - Ripsime Bledsoe, University of Texas-San Antonio